Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [verb] back [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking further into the future the railway still cherishes the hope of building back to a British Railway connection at Ruabon on the Chester-Shrewsbury line . |
| 2 | But one problem which employers may face is employees ' reluctance to move to a cheaper area as they can foresee the difficulty of moving back into a high-priced housing area later on . |
| 3 | That type of putting back into a business context , is something which er we need to help the business come to terms with while they are growing in this new scheme of procuring work in a more formal and structured way . |
| 4 | He even named the Government Chief Whip , Mr Tim Renton , and the party chairman , Mr Kenneth Baker , as Waddington allies who ‘ saw the danger ( but ) failed to prevent such a folly ’ which , Mr Tebbit argued , was in danger of handing back to an opportunist Labour Party the very ‘ key group of voters whose support is vital for a fourth election victory ’ — by implication Tory populists sensitive to what he called ‘ being swamped by people of different culture , history and religion ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ In our position , there is no point in sitting back for a draw . ’ |
| 6 | League clubs yesterday gave their general approval to reverting back to a two-division competition . |
| 7 | Two of his comrades had relatively minor head wounds and received first aid in the trench before heading back to a safer area . |
| 8 | That was Turner 's prize for fighting back from a broken leg that threatened his young career last year . |
| 9 | I am writing to congratulate Steffi Graf on her win at Brighton as she displayed her tremendous strength by coming back from a set and 2–4 down in the second to win 5–7 6–4 6–1 , and lift the title for a record 5th time . |
| 10 | McKenzie looked as if he might have done enough to retain his crown after coming back from a ninth-round crisis in which he was floored by a two-punch combination to the body . |
| 11 | Experiment with different hand and feet positions and try to get used to the idea of leaning back on a straight front arm . |
| 12 | The 0-4-4T loco has had a chequered restoration history since arriving back from a stay in the United States of more than 20 years . |